The Chicago Bears are releasing embattled kicker Cody Parkey, a league source confirmed to ESPN on Friday.

Parkey missed three extra point attempts and eight field goal tries -- including a 43-yarder that would have beaten the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the playoffs -- in his first season with the Bears.

The "double-doink" kick, after being slightly tipped, bounced off the left upright and hit the crossbar against Philly. Bears coach Matt Nagy then expressed disapproval with Parkey's decision to appear as a guest on "The Today Show" five days after missing on that attempt.

Parkey also bounced four kicks off the uprights during a Week 10 victory over the Detroit Lions, which helped give him the third-lowest field goal conversion rate in the NFL.

The Bears signed Parkey, 27, to a four-year deal that included $9 million in guaranteed money last March. The team will have to carry $4,437,500 worth of dead salary-cap money once Parkey is cut when the new league year begins.

Alex Collins was arrested early on Friday morning after a car crash and the Ravens waived him on Friday afternoon.

Police were dispatched to the 10000 block of Dolfield Road, 21117 around 6:48 a.m. Friday morning when a passerby called 9-1-1 after seeing a black Chevrolet Corvette crashed into a tree. Officers located the driver asleep in the driver seat, and identified him as Alexander Jamonte Collins (24) of the unit block of Woodfield Court, 21136. The driver indicated he was not injured, but had fallen asleep waiting for a towing service to respond. During the initial contact with Collins the officer detected the odor of marijuana inside the vehicle. A probable cause search revealed a large glass jar on the front passenger side floorboard containing approximately 5 ounces of marijuana, the equivalent of approximately 141.75 grams (possession of under 10 grams of marijuana is considered personal use and punishable under Maryland law by a civil citation). A handgun was recovered from the front driver side floorboard. Collins was placed under arrest at 7:35 a.m.

According to Collins, he and a friend left the Towson area around 4 a.m. He was on his way to drop the friend off at home when he lost control of his vehicle on the snow covered roadway, sliding off the pavement and into a tree around 4:30 a.m., causing disabling damage to the Corvette. Collins called for a tow truck, then fell asleep in the vehicle while the passenger chose to walk the rest of the way home. Neither were injured during the crash.

Collins and his passenger gave police conflicting stories as to whom the marijuana belongs. Collins also indicated, after knowingly waiving his rights per Miranda, that there were additional firearms and marijuana in his home. Collins remained in police custody while officers obtained a search warrant for the home, recovering two additional rifles, ammunition, and less than 10 grams of marijuana.

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Barring any last-minute snags, the Jacksonville Jaguars are expected to sign free-agent quarterback Nick Foles to a multiyear contract when the new league year opens next week, according to sources.

Teams are not allowed to talk deals with free agents until March 11, and no deals can be announced until the start of the new league year March 13.

The Jaguars are expected to release quarterback Blake Bortles and install Foles as their starter. Jacksonville will still have to pay $6.5 million of Bortles' 2019 salary, which was fully guaranteed at the time he signed his current contract last year.

The Jaguars' expected signing of Foles was first reported by Philly.com.

The Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said Wednesday that the team would not place the franchise tag on Foles, leaving him as a free agent.

Seated at a round table littered with party favors and the paper-cutout footballs that have become tradition at his annual Super Bowl Watch Party, President Donald Trump cheered the New England Patriots and his longtime friend, team owner Robert Kraft, to victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Feb. 3.

Sometime during the party at Trump’s West Palm Beach country club, the president turned in his chair to look over his right shoulder, smiling for a photo with two women at a table behind him.

The woman who snapped the blurry Super Bowl selfie with the president was Li Yang, 45, a self-made entrepreneur from China who started a chain of Asian day spas in South Florida. Over the years, these establishments — many of which operate under the name Tokyo Day Spas — have gained a reputation for offering sexual services.